wind and earth

Taking advantage of the warm sun, the shouting and roaring of the teaching soldiers was heard on the imperial training ground. Cheng Qian and Du Ruhui were discussing the matter of deploying troops. When they walked past the teaching ground, they saw several generals who had accompanied the army to the frontier fortress drinking tea .

"This Luzhou ambush is really troublesome."

"No, but this Luzhou was taken by the Holy One and the Nine Generals after a lot of effort. It's no wonder that the Holy One cherishes that city so much."

"If the nine generals hadn't rescued me this time, I wouldn't have escaped the danger of double-teaming."

"But this time he was seriously injured."

"Isn't it true that even though he was seriously injured, he still managed to release the general's resting power to protect the Holy Majesty, so don't blame the Holy Majesty for taking care of the general with him."

"I also respect the Nine Generals, they are true heroes."

"The imperial doctor said that if General Ninth took ginseng a moment later this time, his life would be in danger."

"It's really rare to have a person who values ​​love and righteousness like the Ninth General. I am also convinced of him."

"Whoever said that the emperor has no brotherhood, the Holy Majesty issued a blood-killing order for the general, and I see that the friendship between the two is better than brothers."

"The Nine Generals have fought against the Holy One since childhood, it's only natural."

Cheng Qian didn't want to continue listening, so he turned around and walked towards the lobby.

Du Ruhui sighed and said, "It seems that the Ninth General really needs to rest well this time."

Chengqian couldn't answer the words, these few days, Chufeng was normal, just like before, but his father sent Li Quan to send some medicines for people to fry, and he saw that they were only some medicinal herbs for health, so he didn't care. do what he wants.

At this moment, his heart is sore and bitter, and everything that Chufeng does not say is completely hidden.

"The North Road Avenue between Luozhou and Luzhou was also opened by the Nine Generals. The Nine Generals really contributed a lot to the founding of the Tang Dynasty." Du Ruhui recalled the past and smiled emotionally.

"Is this Luzhou really so important to my father?" He heard that Luzhou is a rainy city in a valley, and his father even wrote a poem to praise it.

"I don't know very well." After a while, he said again: "The crown prince can ask the Ninth General. He stayed with the Holy Majesty for a while at that time, and he might know something."

"No, it's a matter of the past." Chengqian felt sullen in his heart.

"Indeed, more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Luzhou is still the Holy Majesty's favorite city of rain." Du Ru smiled darkly.

Chengqian was not feeling well. Last time in the royal study, when his father talked about Luzhou, he did hear the silence at that moment, there was no sound in the room, even the sound of Chufeng's writing stopped.

He settled down, and said: "Lord Du, let's get our business done quickly, so I can go back to the house to visit our seriously ill husband."

"That's right, I'll send some ginseng over later." Du Ruhui hurriedly said.

The two entered the hall, summoned Xue Guan, and continued to discuss

***

"Jiu Feng, why are you injured again?" Cheng Qian frowned.

"It's just a small injury." He glanced at the injury on his hand.

"But you blocked it for dad again?" He obediently brought a cup of hot tea to Jiufeng.

"It's good that the second brother is fine." He took a sip of tea and thanked Chengqian with a smile.

"It would be nice if I keep up this time." He was fourteen years old.

"But to block the knife for me?" Jiu Feng smiled, this child is so cute.

"Yes." Said sure.

Jiu Feng was a little moved, smiled happily, and pinched his face.

"Jiu Feng, if you protect dad, I will protect you." He just couldn't let Jiu Feng get hurt.

Jiu Feng was slightly stunned, and responded lightly: "Okay."

The firmness between Chengqian's brows was somewhat similar to that of Li Shimin. Jiufeng rubbed his head and embraced him.

"Good brother." He smiled happily, this Chengqian is really cute.

"Well! Good brother!" Chengqian also embraced him.

He looked at Jiufeng's smiling face, and his heart moved.

***

Stepping on the corridor of Prince Chang's Mansion, Chengqian didn't know when his footsteps became so heavy. He stared blankly at Chufeng writing in the study, and pressed the pen to his cheek while thinking, and then the posture of putting the pen down was exactly the same as that of his father. generally.

Chufeng got up, suddenly felt dizzy, and leaned to one side. He quickly helped him to the table, closed his eyes to concentrate, and his palms were slightly sweating.

He sat on the chair, calmed down, took a sip of herbal tea, and looked out the window, only to realize that Cheng Qian was staring at him.

Chufeng pursed his lips, then smiled, and said softly, "I can't hide it from you."

Chengqian's eyes were still puzzled, he wanted to turn his back and leave, but he still couldn't bear to think of Chufeng's figure about to fall.

"You're in danger again."

"This time I'm really brave."

"For your father...you have tried your best too many times."

"He has to hold up the world."

"What about me." He said painfully.

Chufeng looked at Chengqian and saw his sad face, so he got up slightly and leaned on the side of the table.

"Have you ever thought about me." He was not childish.

It's just that Chufeng still protects his father and sacrifices his life to save him many times, but has he ever thought about his feelings.

But have you ever thought about how much courage it took to convince myself to let him save my father.

Chufeng leaned his head lightly on his shoulder.

"I'm too dependent on you." He closed his eyes.

Chengqian said nothing, and didn't reach out to embrace him.

"If the second brother is robbed again, I will still save him."

Cheng Qian clenched his hands tightly.

Chufeng pulled his hand, and Chengqian was stunned by the cold temperature, looked at Chufeng's pale face, and his heart tightened.

"Remember what you said, you want to block the knife for me?"

Chengqian finally couldn't help hugging him, only to realize that Chufeng was already leaning against him weakly, pulling on his sleeve.

"I won't let you block the knife for me again." Chufeng whispered.

The second elder brother may be a pity to him, but it will be forever to him.

Cheng Qian hugged him and lay down on the bench, rubbing his hands: "I won't be less annoyed just because you are sick."

Chufeng curled his mouth and took his hand: "That's fine, so you can grow old quickly, so that you can catch up with my age."

Chengqian sighed slightly, he still felt sorry for Chufeng, even though he was annoyed, but his Jiu'er was like that.

"What should I do with you?" She embraced him and fed him ginseng tea.

"I'm sure of your thoughts." Chu Feng chuckled and took a sip from the cup.

"I'm not afraid that I'll ignore you." He smiled angrily.

"You won't." Chufeng drank another sip of ginseng tea, bent his eyes and said again: "You promised me, I believe you."

Cheng Qian felt much more relieved when he heard this, and pinched his face: "After you get better, I will settle the matter with you."

Chufeng was still lying on the bench, took Chengqian's hand, and let out a deep breath.

He was thinking about the fleeting hexagram predicted this morning.

This time, Bei Qishan rescued him, and he had already noticed that the universe was turning, the fleeting years were moving, the stars were shining, and the turmoil was uneasy. Although it was not born of chaos, it still made him feel uneasy.

***

Duan Zhixuan was ordered to stay by Li Chengqian's side, and the two accompanied the army.

"Why can Jiufeng and daddy be in front..." He muttered in a low voice, but Duan Zhixuan still heard him.

"Because the general has been fighting with the general for more than five years." He replied indifferently.

"I also want to be with Jiufeng." Chengqian was annoyed.

He agreed to protect Jiu Feng, but he was far away from the first division, and he couldn't even nod his head to greet him.

Duan Zhixuan didn't say much, he had just turned fourteen, but because of his father, he fought against the general a year earlier, only to find out that the name of the nine generals was well-deserved.

At this time, the general shouted to set up camp, Chengqian and Duan Zhixuan had to order to set up the tents, and just after setting up the tents, they heard the Turkic army attack ten miles to the north.

In the distance, Jiu Fengxuan was seen leading cavalry Qianqi on horses to the war zone.

"You boy!" Li Shimin looked annoyed, got on his horse and followed alone.

Cheng Qian was taken aback, he had never seen his father look like this, and he glanced at Duan Zhixuan.

"Why is no one following Dad?"

"There are nine generals here." He returned to normal.

Cheng Qian was puzzled, the generals in the entire military camp seemed to think that Jiu Feng would definitely take care of Li Shimin.

"The Ninth General will not let the General be injured. If he is really injured, it will be for the Ninth General."

Cheng Qian frowned when he heard this, he didn't understand this friendship.

After three days with the army, I saw Li Shimin protecting Jiufeng and returning to camp on a horse.

The doctor hurried forward, but it was Jiu Feng who checked, not Li Shimin.

Chengqian slightly opened Li Shimin's military tent, and saw Li Shimin frowned and thought about Jiufeng.

"What will happen if the second brother gets stabbed? You boy just came over to block it."

"Second brother, you are too noisy."

"It's still too noisy, this Turkic barbarian is so ruthless, he can cut to the bone." Li Shimin frowned, but wrapped Jiufeng in white gauze.

Jiufeng looked at him and smiled.

Cheng Qian was taken aback for a moment, only to feel that Jiu Feng's eyes were as soft as water, and even though his father missed him, he was still extremely gentle to him.

Seeing that Jiufeng frowned slightly, he took Li Shimin's hand and said, "This time, it's my second brother who took the knife for me."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, looking at his arm, it was really seeping blood, he was anxious to carry Jiufeng back to the camp along the way, but he didn't notice it at all.

The two of them looked at each other and saw Li Shimin rubbing Jiufeng's head.

"This time it's even, there will be no next time."

Cheng Qian didn't continue to read, he left the big tent, frowning all the time.

He looked back at the big tent. As a general, his father still shared the tent with Jiufeng. What kind of friendship is this? ——

March is getting warmer and catkins are flying. This is the time to enjoy the flowers and enjoy the spring, but because Wei Yingchao raised troops last month, it was bloody and chilling.

The ambush soldiers sent by Xue Guan were all beheaded and hung above the city gate of Luzhou. It seemed that the internal soldiers had reported that none of them were spared, and Luzhou was stained with blood.

For more than a month now, Luzhou was originally occupied by Wei Yingchao. He intercepted the southward merchant group and looted grain, rice and property.

Xue Guan was ordered to attack the city. Although the city had been captured yesterday, Wei Yingchao was not seen.

At this time, Li Shimin stood on the gate of Luzhou city, sighing.

"Father, dozens of people were killed or injured. It can be seen that Wei Yingchao didn't treat him harshly. It's just that our army's 81st Jinlin Army was doomed. Someone might have notified him." Li Chengqian followed him, holding a book.

"I can really do anything." Stepping on the dried blood, he didn't say who it was.

"I thought, don't scare the snakes. Since someone will report this and Wei Yingchao hasn't been caught yet, it's better to lure the snakes out of the hole. It's clever." Du Ruhui added.

"Yeah..., such a rainy city is stained with his blood, and I don't want to draw out his old snake. I'm really unhappy." Li Shimin turned to look at the Yucheng tower in the city, and said, "Chengqian, you can let people see you." Followed?"

"Follow up, there will be news today." Following Li Shimin's eyes, he looked at the teahouse in front of him.

"Very good." Then he went down to the city and walked to the tea house.

Chengqian watched his father walk towards the alley opposite the teahouse, and asked again: "What's there in that alley?"

"Where is it? It can lead to the backyard of the emperor's Befu." Du Ruhui looked at it and said, "Every time the emperor comes, he will stay there for a while."

I glanced at the teahouse, and saw that Chufeng was just leading his horse into the city, and saw him looking at the street for a while, looking up at the catkins.

He wanted to call him, but he saw Chufeng standing in front of the teahouse looking across the alley for a long time.

"The alley is very long, and it takes a detour to enter the other courtyard. In the past, generals and emperors would sneak in that alley, and I ran into them several times." Du Ruhui said carelessly.

This past event should have made people laugh, but Cheng Qian couldn't.

Luzhou has nothing to miss about him, but it is not the case for his father and Chufeng

***

"Jiufeng, I'll go with you." Chengqian hissed in pain when he got up from the knife wound on his back.

"Lie down, who told you to do this, you still picked up the chain for me when you were injured." Sighed.

"Thanks for picking up the chain for you." He smiled silly.

Seeing him like this, Jiufeng smiled slightly, watching him touch his brows and face, with a bit of heartache in his eyes.

"My knife is worth it, at least you are safe and sound, and the chain is worth picking up. You know, I have been in love with you for a long time." After finishing speaking, she blushed.

Jiufeng was slightly stunned, and curled the corners of his mouth: "I still said it was worth it, and I have been lying down for a month."

"It's worth it, at least you are mine." He still sat on the bed, let Jiufeng stand between his legs, wrapping around his waist.

He is happy when he thinks of what happened the day before yesterday.

Jiu Feng touched his head, sighed without any trace, and said softly: "Fool."

"How long will it take you to go this time?" He curled the corners of his mouth, coveting Jiufeng's body temperature.

"This Dou Jiande is a general of the generation, it will take some time." Seeing the white gauze on Chengqian's back, he said, "The injury on your back really can't touch the water."

"Okay." Still hugging Jiufeng, he said, "You have to come back quickly, I'm already thinking of you."

Jiu Feng smiled and pinched his face: "You are the only one who doesn't know how to blush."

"I'm in love with you just like that, you have to remember, I, Chengqian, want to cling to you for the rest of my life." He smiled but said seriously.

"Would you ignore me because you're annoying me?" teasing Chengqian.

Chengqian thought for a while before saying, "No." He raised his head and said, "I still annoy you, which means I'm still in love with you. Since I love you, why spend time annoying you."

Jiu Feng was a little moved, smiled and bowed his head to kiss him.